The new school year is a great time for a Kissing Hand unit, especially for children who might be experiencing separation anxiety. Any time can be great for a forest unit. This free printable is perfect for either a Kissing Hand unit or forest unit. The printable reinforces work on the letter r sound. It’s an instant download, too!

Montessori-Inspired Printables at Living Montessori Now

My daughter, Christina (a former Montessori child), and I are partnering to bring you a series of Montessori-inspired printables. The printables are typically themed and use a number of Montessori principles (although you don’t need to be a Montessori teacher or homeschooler to use them):

They use photographs or realistic images to emphasize reality. Whenever I can, I’ll tell you the name of the object or animal featured. This month, we just focused on the North American raccoon, though, so that any of the printables could be used for a Kissing Hand unit.

They typically use traditional Montessori colors such as red for consonants and blue for vowels.

They use lowercase letters, which are what we introduce letter sounds with in Montessori education. (Children tend to pick up the uppercase letters without being introduced if they’re introduced to the lowercase letter sounds.)

They often feature themed printable versions of Montessori materials.

Free Raccoon Do-a-Dot Printable for the Letter R

To download, click here and then click on the file image in the upper right corner of the PDF to save to your computer (just choose where you want it saved).

Just click on an image to go to the post with the related free printable!

Note: I’ve arranged the following gallery in alphabetical order, although some posts have two do-a-dot printables (and two different letters). Also, I don’t introduce letters in alphabetical order. You can find out the order in which I introduce letter sounds here. I deviate from that order for our unit studies, though, and focus on a letter that’s simply related to our unit. That’s in addition to our other letter work.

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